Method of decorating felt hats.



A. B. WARIN G.

METHOD OF DECORATING FELT HATS.

APPLICATION FILED D210. 6, 1912.

1,1 1 5,043, Patented Oct. 27, 1914. I

" INVENTOR ATTORNEY I THE NORRIS PETERS 00., PHDTO-LlTHO-, WASHINGION. B C.

ARTHUR B. wanru or ivnw YORK, N. Y.

i METHOD OF DECORATING FELT HATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 6, 1912. Serial No. 735,184.

Patented Oct. 27, 191

To all whom. it may concern Be it known that I, .ARTHURB. WARING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of Decorating Felt Hats, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to a novel method of decorating felt hats and its object is to provide a simple way of impressing designs upon folded hat bodies which shall appear upon the finished hats in symmetrical form.

I will describe my invention in the following specification and point out the novel features thereof in appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a press with a printing block and a hat body thereon. In Fig. 2 a folded hat body is shown in side elevation with a design printed thereon. Fig. 3 is a similar view on a smaller scale showing a design of different pattern. In Fig. 4: the hat body illustrated in Fig. 2 is shown in plan view on a smaller scale expanded into conical form.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Felt hat bodies are made in the form of a hollow cone with its apex rounded or of dome shape. Such a hat body may be folded into a fiat sector shape as shown at 10 in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. In this condition it will be folded along two converging lines 11 and 12. When thus a folded a design may be printed upon it. I am aware that attempts to print designs upon folded hat bodies have been made heretofore, but in such cases there has always been an unsightly break in the design along the lines of fold. I have devised a Way by which this serious defect may be overcome. The principle which I utilize is to make a symmetrical design for covering nearly all of the hat bodywith certain unprinted portions of the design registering with the folds. In carrying out this method the hat bodies are folded. or pressed into a predetermined shape and laid upon a guide bed 13. Then the printing block 14 which has upon it in relief the design to be reproduced is covered with the dye or ink which is to be transferred to the hat body and is forced down onto the hat body by any do sired means. It is important however, that the printing block should register properly therefore be supported in a slidable frame 15 suitably guided by rods 16 in definite relation to the bed 13 which holds the hat body.

In the particular pattern illustrated in with the folds of the hat body. It may Figs. 2 and 4 the design isrepeated between equally spaced pairs of arallel lines 20, 21. each of which pairs is $11 stantially radially disposed. At the folded edge 11 but one of these lines,that designated by 2l ,-is provided, and at the other edge is one line 20 These outer lines are parallel with the folded edges and the distance from each of these lines to its respective edge is substantially one half the distance between the other lines 20,21. Both sides of the folded hat body hat bodies by other means than printing with inks or dyes. For example, the printing block may be made of metal and heated and its design impressed upon the hat body at such heat and pressure as to scorch the fabric; or if desired the design may be stenciled upon the folded hat body either by brush or spray stenciling or by dipping;

By the use of this method, hats of attractive appearance may be made. The designs or patterns may be endlessly varied, and the appearance of hats of woven fabrics or of hats with ornamental stitching may be simulated in felt hats and without stitching.

The pattern illustrated in Fig. 4: is added to show that I am not limited to designs repeated between radial lines. It is only necessary that the design be such as to have no printed portion along the lines of fold and be either symmetrical to such unprinted lines or so proportioned that such unprinted lines become properly balanced parts of the complete design.

What I claim is:

1. The method of decorating felt hats which comprises symmetrically folding a surfaces between said folds, a symmetrical design of which the folded lines form a part.

2. The method of decorating felt hats which comprises symmetrically folding a hat body and impressing upon its outer surfaces between said folds, a design of which the folded lines form a part.

3. The method of decorating felt hats which comprises folding a conical hat body along diametrically opposed lines into a flat form, and reproducing such a design upon each of its two outer surfaces between said folds, that a single symmetrical design, of which the folded lines form a part is pro- 15 duced on the hat.

4. The method of decorating felt hats which comprises folding a conical hat body along diametrically opposed lines into a flat form, and printing upon its outer surfaces a design repeated between substantially radial lines two of which are on the lines of the folds.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of December, in the year 1912.

ARTHUR B. WARING.

Witnesses:

JULIUS TACKMAN,

EUGENE H. SHERWOOD.

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